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PLOWV No. 373,829. I Patented Nov. 29, 1887.

PLOW.

Patented Nov. 29, 1887.

Wi-tmeooea PATENT Fries.

MARSHALL JAMES HATGHER, on Macon, GEORGIA.

' PLowJ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,829, dated November 29, 1887.

Application filed March 10, 1887. Serial No. 230,404. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

' a resident of Macon, county of Bibb, State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Im- Be it known that I, lVIARSHALL JAMES HATOHER, a' citizen of the United States, and

Patent were granted me.on the 29th day of June, 1886. Y 1

My present improvements consist, first, in a new and improved plow-foot formed from a plate or blank ofsteel or wrought-iron, the

it may be fitted on the front and sides of an ordinary plow-stock or be secured in rear thereof, should the nature of the work so require.

' The improvements fnrther consist in the combination, with said plow-foot, of various adjustable and removable sections for adaptingthe plow to accomplish the different kinds of work for which it has heretofore been necessary to employ several different kinds of implements.

On the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved plow-foot with reversible blades at each side thereof. 'Fig. 2 is a view showing the rear and under surfaces of same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a wedgewasher for changing the angle of the plow blades or sweeps. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a plow-stock with my improved plow-foot, share, andlandside secured thereto. Fig. 5 is a plan of the under side of my plow-foot and blades. Fig. 6 represents a reversible scooter. Fig. 7 is a view of a shovel attachment for use with the scooter or reversible share. Fig. 8 is a single mold-board, which may be used either with the scooter or share when the implement is to be used as a turn-plow. Fig. 9

, is 'a perspective view ofmy improved landside. Fig. 10 shows the plow-foot with'scooter the blank from which. my plow-foot is made. Fig. 13 represents a plow-foot with lengthened side wings, so as to dispense with the use of the reversible side blades. Fig. 14 is a perspective view of an ordinary plow-frame with my improved plowfoot and asubsoil secured to the stock thereof.

On the drawings, the letter A designates my improved plow-foot, which is made from a steel or wrought-iron blank, (1., the .front edge of which is preferably cut as shown at b b.

(See Fig. 12.)

The dotted lines 0 c c 0 indicate the locations for bending, so that the central part shall be somewhat higher at the rear than at the front thereof, the'sides perpendicular, and

the ends or wings inclined rearwardly, as

shown in the drawings:

The center of the plow-foot is provided with a bolt-hole,d, for the reception of a bolt, 6, whereby it is adapted to'be secured either over the front or at the rear of a plow-stock. .The bolt e is made of'sufficient lengthto engage various sections of the implemcnt,:as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Thefront edges of the plow-foot are made perfectly sharpin order that it may be worked without any additional parts whenever desired.

Each wing of the plow-foot is provided with a single bolt-hole, d d, for the reception of bolts e 6, whereby the reversible blades f f are secured with either of their ends abutting against the adjacent side of the raised portion of the plow-foot, and for which purpose the said blades are provided, near the opposite ends thereof, with bolt-holes, as shown.

G is a diamond-shaped plowshare, having a bolt-bole, g g, neareac-h of its longest ends, in orderthat it may be secured to the plowfoot with either of its longest ends uppermost, as shown in Figs. 4. and 11. 4 The landside H is composed of a flat piece of metal of even width and bent as shown in Figs. land 9. Its upper end is provided with an elongated slot, 71, to permit of its being properly adjusted on the bolt 0, either at the front or rear of the plow-stock, as shown in solid and dotted lines in Fig. 4.

I designates a scooter, one endof which is provided with a point, 2', and the other with a IOC- square or bevel edge. Near each end of the scooter is a bolt-hole, i" i, in order that it may be secured in position with either of its ends uppermost.

Kis a shovel attachmenthaving an elongated slot, k, for the reception of the bolt 0, whereby it is adjustably secured in rear of the upper end of either the plowshare or scooter.

L designates a single mold-board provided with an elongated bolt hole or slot, Z, to permit of its being used, as shown in Fig. 10, and thus form a turirplow. Instead of making the mold-board single, as shown, it may be made double, so as to throw the earth both ways; or a right and left mold board or plate may be used to produce the same result.

M is a perspective view of one of a pair of wedge'washers having bolt-slots m therein. These washers are intended for use between the wings of the plow-foot and the reversible blades, to permit of the latter being held at different angles of elevation, as the nature of the soil or work may require.

It will be seen that, with the exception of the side blades and washers, all the parts constituting the different combinations of my plow are secured together and to the plow-stock by a single bolt, so that in the event of accident to any portion or a desire to change the combination it is only necessary to unscrew one nut and remove a single boltto accomplish the de' sired result.

By omitting the side blades and securing to the front of the foot either the scooter or diamond-shaped share, with right and left moldboards immediately in rear thereof, the implement is adapted to side and'bar oft cotton, the wings of the foot serving to cut or shave the edges of the bar-furrow, thereby siding or dirting the cotton all at one operation, the attachments serving to throw the dirt to the middle of the row and the aforesaid wings to throw the dirt to the cotton, and thus siding it with one operation, leaving the cotton with dirt to it in fine condition to grow, as well as rendering the hoeing much more easy and rapid.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A plow-foot composed of a blank having its rear edge parallel with the central portlon of its front edge, the balance of the front edge having recessed portions 1) b, the blank bent as described, so as to produce a forwardly-projecting raised center and rearwardlyinclined wings, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A plow-foot composed of a blank having its rear edge parallel with the central portion of its front edge and the remaining portions of the front edge recessed or set back, the blank bent and provided with a central and end boltholes, as described, in combination with the reversible blades f f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a plow-foot consisting of a metal plate having an offset in the center thereof, whereby it is adapted to fit over the front and sides of a plow-stock or in the rear thereof, as described, of the reversible blades f f, the slotted wedge-shaped washers M, and the bolts, whereby the blades are adjustably secured to theplow-foot ends or wings, substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARSHALL JAMES HAIGHER.

Vi tnesses:

GEO. T. Hannrs, S. M. JENKINS. 

